diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.result b/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.result
index fa92b572b4c..5fb686794c8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.result
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SELECT Connection_name, Connects_Tried FROM information_schema.SLAVE_STATUS;
 Connection_name	Connects_Tried
 	0
 named	0
-START ALL SLAVES;
 SET @time_begin= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(1);
+START ALL SLAVES;
 SET @@SESSION.default_master_connection= 'named';
 include/wait_for_slave_io_error.inc [errno=2003]
 SET @@SESSION.default_master_connection= '';
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.test b/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.test
index f8a014a5180..95dbb44274f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/multi_source/connects_tried.test
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ CHANGE MASTER TO master_connect_retry=2;
 SELECT Connection_name, Connects_Tried FROM information_schema.SLAVE_STATUS;
 
 --disable_warnings
-START ALL SLAVES; # will fail because the masters are down
 SET @time_begin= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(1);
+START ALL SLAVES; # will fail because the masters are down
 --enable_warnings
 # CR_CONN_HOST_ERROR
 --let $slave_io_errno= 2003